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Monday, June 27, 2011

Paris Pastry Meditation

Religieuse Violette, watercolor, 9" x 11" I thought I was posting on the lovely, orderly way Parisian patissiers... Line up their creations...

Like soldiers standing to attention in perfect rows. Then I had one of those Eureka! moments. Is it possible my obsession with French pastry has everything to do with a desperate need for order and nothing to do with chocolate or whipped cream?

Well, the pastries look so delicious, and the eye is bigger than the stomach, so the more that we see, the better they look. Make sense? I look at them and would like to try them all. The arrangement just encourages this thinking :)(What will be the visiting hours at your studio?)

A messy studio means it's a used studio, and that's more important than how messy it is! Phew. I could barely get that out since I'm drooling all over the keyboard. Please stop posting pictures of pastries! It is too much to bare! At least my French Macaron cookbook should be arriving from Amazon shortly, and I will be able to dally day and night until I perfect the art of the macaron.

Yes, I would love to see your studio! I really enjoy all of your pastries and all of your paintings!Thanks for cheering me up each morning. I miss Paris, and the Patisseries so much. Cookie In Rural Oregon

Just think sphere, cone, cylinder, cube (my next post or so...)Think abstractly with yr eyes not yr tumMore easily said than done...ahem

What about my brushes Julie?I have way too many - a big box full in the closet - but I use a few favorites over and over.

Bill, I'm sorry for the disturbing pastry pictures. I too plan to tackle baking the almighty macaron since I didn't make the cut over at PIONEER WOMAN's joint...grrrrrJust waiting for my metri scale to arrive and a few other bits n' pieces..

Cookie - I might have to do a bit of cleaning up the studio to make it presentable or would that be counter-productive?

Was that a oui or a non on the Pastry ashram Peter?We could meditate to the newest trendiest pastry fo the day/week and then EAT IT!Paris has everything else except a place to worship pastry...OK there are too many pastry places of worship already (1400 patisseries!)

I will like to order ( cafe table )Do get back to me with the type and price range on the ones that you carry or customer made so i can place an order with you or can get back to me with your web site so that i can make my selection and get back to you. Thank YouKen Brown....

When I was single, I prided myself on being neat and orderly. But, I tended to be messy while I worked. I used to have time to clean up everyday, but now with three kids I find that the chaos never seems to go away! I think some of us are just wired this way! You have beautiful artwork. I think I see one of your paintings hanging on my wall in the future.... : )

I opened PB yesterday at the most vulnerable time to fall victime to the alure of pastries. Gobble. Wanted all of them. Good thing there isn't a great pastry shop in our 'hood. The Russian one has some tasty things but nothing like your pictures. VG thing.xAnnie

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I moved to Paris 2 years ago. I should have done it sooner but that's how the macaron crumbles. Living on the Ile Saint Louis next to the Seine after the 19eme is 'la cerise sur la gâteau'. It doesn't get any better. I've painted watercolors for Bocuse, Champagne Mumm, Guerlain, Frederick Cassel, The Russian Tearoom and the Maharana of Udaipur.
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